selective advantage

noun

The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

“What is the selective advantage of height?”

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Meanings

nounselective advantage (plural selective advantages)

plural selective advantages

  1. biologyThe characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

    What is the selective advantage of height?

    1 more example

    Better to see predators in tall grass my dear.

    1998, Jerome Bixby, The Man From Earth (film)
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